Riccia Versus Fishes

[geoffrey]

Hi All,

Juz start with Riccia but unfortunately some of fishes enjoy a good tug-of-war with them!! My tank surface are increasing by the day with Riccia. I have been feeding the fishes to keep them from touching them. Will Riccia outgrow the games my fishes are playing everyday?

[Allen_1971]

Geoffrey,

how is your riccia anchored? and also, what fishes are you talking about?

[benetay]

I've found that rams do nip and pull the riccia once in awhile, i do believe some other fishes actually pull them sometimes.

[vinz]

It's quite unlikely that you can ever secure the riccia enough so that the fishes can't pull them out. Besides, the new growth will soon outgrow the netting/mesh/etc.

You just got to wait till the fishes figure out they aren't silly green worms.